MN Child Health Improvement Partnership |
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Minnesota Child Health Improvement Partnership-
The Minnesota Child Health Improvement Partnership is a public/private partnership which will assure optimal child health care by creating and supporting continuous quality improvement in clinical practices.
The partnership will accomplish this by:
- Providing vision to empower grass roots leadership of quality improvement within communities.
- Supporting health care professionals and systems to develop, implement, and measure improvements in pediatric health care as guided by research.
- Fostering partnerships with children and families that guide quality improvement in health care.
- Engaging all health care professionals, community leaders and policy makers in pediatric quality improvement so that the partnership raises the standard of child health care in Minnesota.
The current quality improvement projects includes: increasing developmental and behavioral health screening among children and teens;and Improving pediatric oral health. If you are interested in proposing a QI project or for more information about this project, contact Katherine Cairns at 651-402-2056 or cairns@mnaap.org
Members of the Minnesota Child Health Improvement Board include:
- Carol Berg, PHN, MPH of UCARE
- Penny Hatcher, MSN, DrPH of the Minnesota Department of Health
- Susan Castellano of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Merideth Martinez of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Glenace Edwall, PhD, LP of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Anne Edwards, MD, FAAP of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- John Hurley, MHA of the Minnesota Department of Health
- Jane Kretzmann of the Bush Foundation
- Jeff Schiff, MD, MBA, FAAP of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Mike Severson, MD, FAAP of the Brainerd Clinic
- L. Read Sulik, MD, FAAP of the CentraCare Health System
- Ceci Shapland, Parent
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